On 11/6/07, Jeffrey Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its really hard to imagine a company building a phone that didnt think > > through what frequencies were needed. More interestingly, that it took > > a trip from Michael to Taiwan to get anyone to focus on it. If this > > substantially sets back the development effort, it really is a major > > blow to the project. > > Isn't it possible that the FIC's main userbase, in Asia, doesn't have this > band to worry about? I live in the US but it seems like all of these > comments are focused on *our* coverage, like we're the center of the world... >
It really is hard to imagine them thinking that they were designing a phone for just outside the US. If that was their thinking, it certainly should have been clarified. Certainly a plurality of the first units sold, and perhaps a majority, have been sold in the US. Honestly, its hard to imagine an Open Source phone gaining much traction without US support. > We're not, nor do we have nearly the largest possible sales base. > It is not true to say that we dont *nearly* have the largest base. whatever the numbers are, particularly for smart phones, I would be shocked to hear the US was anything but one of the top markets. Only japan could compete as a potentially larger market in asia. Certainly they are not going to be selling tons of these in China. Hank _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
